Mail-bag-delivering device.



E. F. SCHRAGE.

MAIL BAG DELIVERING DEVICE.

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MAIL BAG DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men FEB. 19. I935.

Patented July 4, 1916.

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MAIL BAG DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I9. I915.

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EMIL F. SCHRAGE, OF PALATINE, ILLINOIS.

MAIL-BAG-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Application filed February 19, 1915.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL F. sCI-IRAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palatine, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Mail-Bag-Delivering Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mail bag delivering devices and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

The invention consists in a simple apparatus of the character indicated and adapted to be used in part upon a moving car and in part at the side of a track, the device at the side of the track comprising a mail bag holder from which a mail bag is adapted to be automatically removed by the part of the device carried by the moving car as the same passes said mail bag holder.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of the following specification, Figure 1 is a side view of a car provided with a portion of my device and of the mail bag holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device and a. fragmentary sectional view of the car. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4: 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of the bag-ea gaging arm and support for the same. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail of a modification of the support for the bag-engaging arm. Fig. 9 is a side view of the same. Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 1010 of Fig. 8.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the reference numeral. 1 designates a platform arranged beside the railroad track 2 and upon said platform a standard 3 1s secured that carries an angular bag-supporting arm 4: upon which the mail bag 5 is supported;-

said bag being carried directly by the frame 6 formed with eyes adapted to receive the arm 4 and with large terminal rings 7 projected laterally beyond the bag and disposed in alinement with each other and adapted to receive the bag recelvlng arm 8 which forms a part of the mechanism car- Specification of Letters Patent.

I its Patented July at, 1916.

Serial No. 9,308.

ried by the railway mail car and which will be hereinafter fully described.

To the wall of the mail car 9 within the car a plate 10 is secured that is formed with a central threaded aperture adapted to receive a screw '11 upon which a casting 12 is pivoted which is formed with a longitudinal slot 13 and with an aperture 11 in its outer face that communicates with said slot. A spring 15 has one end normally projected into the slotted portion ofsaid casting and frictionally retained in adjusted position by means of a. screw 16 carried in a threaded opening formed in the face of said casting 12; the free end of said spring being disposed between a pair of pins 17, 17 carried by a plate 18 secured to the car, the purpose of said spring being to yieldingly lock said casting against rotation. The casting 12 aforesaid is formed with a pair of integral cars 19 19 that carry a pin 20 upon which the aforesaid bag-receiving arm 8 is pivoted and one end of said arm extends into car 9 and is connected by a spring 21 with the wall of the car. The said arm 8 is of stepped formation and from its termination within the car extends, when in normal or operative position, in stepped fashion out through the door of said car; said arm being notched as at 22 for frictional engagement with the head or free end of latch .23 pivotally carried in a bracket 24 arranged upon the wall of the car, said bracket being formed with a base 25 for limiting the movement of the latch in a downward direc tion. As the car moves forward with the arm 8 in normal or operative position the exterior end of the same is disposed in alinement with the eyes 7 of the mail bag frame which frame, as the car passes, becomes impaled upon said arm which removes it from the arm 4. and carries it along with the car. The weight of the bag upon the arm 8 is sufficient to swing the same downward thus rotating the casting 10 upon pivot 11 and so disengaging said arm from the latch 23 while the spring 21 will pull the outer end of the arm 8 into the car when the bag may be manually removed therefrom.

Referring to Figs. 8, 9 and 10 of the drawings in which a modification of the device is shown, a housing 26 is substituted for the plate 10- and its connections and said housing is formed with an oblique slot 27 in its periphery and the bag-receiving arm 28 extends through the same and at itsinner end is formed with an aperture adapted to receive a bolt 29 which extends through said housing and which is notched to receive the free end of a spring-pressed plunger 30 which is arranged in a casing 31 formed integral with the arm 28, said plunger serving to retain said arm in normal or operative position. The free end of the arm 28 is disposed in alinement with the eyes 7 of the mail bag frame and adapted to impale said eyes as it passes thus taking said frame and bag from the arm at; the weight of the ha and the sudden impact with the same is suflicient to disengage the plunger 30 from the notched portion of the bolt 29 permitting the arm 28 to drop through force of gravity. The curvature of the slot 27 will swing the arm into the car thus delivering the mail bag as desired.

IV hat is claimed is 1. In a mail bag delivering device, in combination with a railway car, a rotative bearing, a notched arm pivotally mounted in said bearing and normally projected through the floor of said car, means operatively associated with said bearing for yieldingly locking the same against rotation, a latch carried by the car for frictional engagement with the notched portion of said arm, means connecting the inner end of said arm and the side of'the car for swinging said arm upon 1ts plvot when dlsengaged from said latch, and mail bag supporting means stationary beside the railway for engageme1 1t with the free end of said first named arm as the car passes.

2. In a mail bag delivery device, in combination with a railway car, a rotative hearing, a stepped arm pivotally mounted in said bearing and normally projected through the door of said car, means operative-1y as sociated with Said bearing for yieldingly looking the same against rotation, a latch frictionally engaging said stepped arm for normally retaining the same in operative position, a spring connecting said arm and car for swinging the former upon its pivot to a position within the car when disengaged from said latch, and mail hag sup porting means stationary beside the railway for engagement with the free end of said first named arm as the car passes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'l'lixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL F. SCHRAGE. Witnesses:

' HERMAN F. SCHRAGE,

MARTIN SGHRAGE.

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